Data Center Registry
Project Baccara
Maricopa County, Arizona · All 2 Takanock sites
Project Baccara is a permitted data center in Arizona (Maricopa County), operated by Takanock, LLC. The public record puts it at 700 MW planned, 160 acres, a reported $36 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Takanock, LLC
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Maricopa County, AZ
- Coordinates
- 33.5685, -112.3703
- Power capacity
- 700 MW planned
- Land
- 160 acres
- Investment
- $36 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Arizona Public Service (APS)
- Power source
- On site gas
- On site generation
- 700 MW
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Project Baccara in Maricopa County, Arizona is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Board of Supervisors approved 4-1 (May 2026).
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Board of Supervisors approved 4-1 (May 2026).
Power and water
~700MW on-site natural gas generation. Still needs EPA air-quality sign-off.
The CEC application states the data halls use a closed-loop chiller system that, once filled, reuses water without refilling. Note this is distinct from the plant's turbine INLET cooling, which is evaporative, the two systems must not be conflated. Permitted project; figures are as-filed, not operational.
Notes on the record
Unincorporated Maricopa County near Surprise, AZ, north of Luke AFB. Construction targeted Q3 2026, first building online 2028. Coordinates are approximate. Coordinates corrected 2026-08-31 to the filed parcel (501-43-016A) in the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 1 West. The previously stored point fell roughly 8.2 miles NNW, in a different township. The 160-acre parcel holds the turbine yard, the data center buildings and the APS substation together, so a single approximate point represents the whole campus.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Microsoft El Mirage Data Center Campus · El Mirage · Microsoft3 mi · Operating · Supported
- Vantage Phoenix Campus (Goodyear, AZ) · Goodyear · Vantage Data Centers8 mi · Operating · 176 MW
- Avondale Campus · Avondale · Prime Data Centers9 mi · Under construction · 240 MW · Supported
- Compass Datacenters Goodyear Campus · Goodyear · Compass Datacenters9 mi · Operating · 350 MW
- Microsoft Goodyear Data Center Campus · Goodyear · Microsoft9 mi · Operating
- Stream Data Centers PHXA (Phoenix I-VII, Goodyear Campus) · Goodyear · Stream Data Centers10 mi · Operating · 280 MW
- QTS Phoenix 4 · Tolleson · QTS Data Centers11 mi · Under construction
- Aligned PHX-13 · Glendale · Aligned Data Centers11 mi · Under construction · 72 MW · Supported
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Project Baccara data center in Maricopa County, Arizona?
Yes. Project Baccara in Maricopa County, Arizona is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Board of Supervisors approved 4-1 (May 2026).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Baccara data center?
No lawsuit over Project Baccara appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Project Baccara use?
No water withdrawal figure for Project Baccara is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Project Baccara, and how big is it?
Takanock, LLC is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 700 MW. The site is recorded at 160 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Baccara," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/takanock-project-baccara-maricopa-county-az.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/takanock-project-baccara-maricopa-county-az, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Maricopa County supervisors approve controversial data center · ABC15 · retrieved July 9, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
- 2.Project Baccara - official project site · Takanock, LLC · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 3.Arizona Corporation Commission February 4, 2026 Open Meeting Highlights, Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for Project Baccara · Arizona Corporation Commission · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 4.Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Hearing Agenda, May 6, 2026, case MCP250007, Project Baccara Military Compatibility Permit · Maricopa County · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 5.2 Data Center Projects Advancing in Metro Phoenix · AZBEX · retrieved August 28, 2026
- 6.Certificate of Environmental Compatibility application, Baccara Power LLC (ACC docket L-21369A-25-0222-00253), APS-owned substation interconnecting at 230 kV; 'closed loop chiller system which, once filled, will reuse water without the need for refilling'; '~100 permanent well-paying jobs' · retrieved August 31, 2026
- 7.Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Notice of Public Hearing and Public Comment, Proposed Permit No. P0013417, Takanock Baccara LLC, facility address "NW Corner W Olive Ave & N 143rd Ave, Waddell, AZ 85355" · retrieved August 31, 2026
- 8.Massive data center approved near Luke Air Force Base despite opposition · Arizona's Family (AZFamily) · retrieved September 10, 2026
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